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CREATE-X gives Georgia Tech students, faculty, researchers, and alumni every advantage it can to help support them in launching their products. Our program is built with the flexibility to meet their needs, whether they need instruction in the fundamentals of entrepreneurship, the resources to develop products, or a driven, business minded community with which to build and connect. 

2024 marked the 10th year of CREATE-X. Watch the video to see what our 10th batch of founders had to say about their experience in the program. 

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CREATE-X at Georgia Tech

CREATE-X is a Georgia Tech initiative to instill entrepreneurial confidence in students and empower them to launch successful startups.

By the Numbers

38
majors represented
34,000+
students involved
770+
student startups created
$2.8B+
total valuation of startups

Our Programs

CREATE-X is organized into three categories: LEARN, MAKE and LAUNCH. These entrepreneurship programs are open to all students, from incoming freshmen and undergraduate students of all years, to masters and Ph.D. students. Georgia Tech faculty, researchers, and alumni may also participate through our Launch program. 

LEARN

The CREATE-X LEARN element consists of a class that exposes students to startup concepts and teaches them the methodology of evidence-based entrepreneurship. Through LEARN, Startup Lab gives students a zero risk opportunity to examine their startup ideas within the context of their formal education and enables them to identify business failures in the lab instead of in the market.

MAKE

The CREATE-X MAKE element consists of a set of research and prototyping classes that enable students to overcome technology barriers that might lie in the way of them launching a successful venture. Through MAKE, Idea to Prototype and CREATE-X Capstone provide students with prototyping grants, mentorship, and curricular credit as they create intellectual property and build prototypes toward their venture idea.

LAUNCH

The CREATE-X LAUNCH element consists of a program for students and alumni who want to launch their projects from idea stage (or beyond) into fully functioning and viable startups. Through LAUNCH, Startup Launch provides teams with $5,000 in seed funding and $30,000 worth of in-kind services, including legal and accounting services, coaching, space, mentorship, visibility, and IP protection.

"CREATE-X is working to establish Georgia Tech as the number one startup campus in the nation with the most funded student startup enterprises."

Rahul Saxena
Director, CREATE-X

Recent News

Velocity Startups joins Georgia Tech’s commercialization ecosystem, solidifying the Institute’s role as a national leader and premier hub for startup growth.

Georgia Tech’s Fall 2025 I2P Showcase will feature over 60 student prototypes tackling real-world challenges.

Inspired by NASA technology, Georgia Tech alumni launched Deleon—a startup using biochemical data to advance preventive health, backed by CREATE-X.

Georgia Tech’s entrepreneurial spirit took center stage at CREATE-X’s annual Demo Day, where more than 1,500 attendees, including students, investors, alumni and members of the Atlanta community, gathered to witness the future of innovation.

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